Sir John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, 8th Baronet, 1st Baron Acton, lord of Acton Round in nineteenth-century directory evidence
Dates: 1834–1902
Biography
An English Catholic historian, political thinker and Liberal intellectual, later created Baron Acton in 1869. He inherited the Acton family estates and is identified by nineteenth-century directories as lord of the manor of Acton Round.
Notes / Sources
The barony was a personal peerage and is not treated as an associated title of Acton Round Manor.
Research sources:
- Post Office Directory of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire and the City of Bristol, 1863, entry for Acton Round; Samuel Bagshaw, History, Gazetteer, and Directory of Shropshire, 1871, entry for Acton Round. — https://parishmouse.co.uk/england/shropshire/acton-round-shropshire-family-history-guide/
- Wikipedia biographical reference — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Dalberg-Acton,_1st_Baron_Acton
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